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....:=:%§# = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = #§%:=:....
.....:=:%§ = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = §%:=:.....
......:=:% =  = = = Elves Live  In The Land = = = = %:=:......
.......:=: = =  = = Beyond  The Great Dam. =  = = = :=:.......
........:= = It Was  Built  In The Late Sixties.  = =:........
.........: = =  = The Elves Came To Us Then. = =  = :.........
.......... = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = ..........
.......... = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = ..........
.......... They  Were  Very  Manipulative,  And  We ..........
.........: Came  To Trust Them. = =  = = = = = = Us :.........
........:= Kids Would Play Down At  The  Water Even =:........
.......:=: Though  We Were Not Allowed. = = = = = = :=:.......
......:=:% = =  Sometimes  The  Sluice  Would Close %:=:......
.....:=:%§ Entirely,  And  The  River  At  The Dams §%:=:.....
....:=:%§# Foot  Would Dry Up, Revealing  The Rocky #§%:=:....
...:=:%§#@ Water  Garden   That  Had  Been   Hidden @#§%:=:...
..:=:%§#@# Beneath, And We Would Go There.  = = = = #@#§%:=:..
.:=:%§#@## = = =  = Before The  Dam  Opened  Again, ##@#§%:=:.
..:=:%§#@# There  Would Be A  Signal, But The Elves #@#§%:=:..
...:=:%§#@ Would Make Us Not  Hear It, And Suddenly @#§%:=:...
....:=:%§# We Would Find The  Water Rising, Already #§%:=:....
.....:=:%§ At Our Knees. = = = = =  = = = = =  =  = §%:=:.....
......:=:% = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = %:=:......
.......:=: =  By Then The  Elves  Would Be  Gone. = :=:.......
........:= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = =:........
.........: = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = :.........
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